SCHOOL TEACHER'S RESIDENCE (FORMER)
59 Bell Street, PENSHURST VIC 3289 - Property No 0119
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Statement of Significance
The former teacher's residence is located at 59 Bell Street, Penshurst. The land on which it stands was purchased from the Crown by members of the Ardlie family of Warrnambool, probably as speculation. The present house was built about 1900 for Robert Aitken Junior, the tanner who operated his father's tannery next door and a leading member of the community. Its Queen Anne style is typical of the Federation period. It is one of the better examples in Penshurst and is notable for its controlled asymmetry, picturesque roofline and diagonal corner window. In this it can be compared with the Police Residence built in 1914. No architect or builder has been connected with its construction. The house was purchased by the Education Department in 1924 as a teacher's residence. It remains substantially intact and in very good condition.
How is it significant?
The former teacher's residence is of historical and architectural significance to the township of Penshurst and to the Southern Grampians Shire.
Why is it significant?
The former teacher's residence is of historical significance both as a typical example of housing at the turn of the century reflecting the success and prosperity of the second generation of the Aitken family and specifically as the residence of the state school teacher for about fifty years. It is of architectural significance as one of the best examples of the Queen Anne style in Penshurst.
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SCHOOL TEACHER'S RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Physical Conditions
The house and garden are in good condition.
SCHOOL TEACHER'S RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The former teacher's residence is a large weatherboard house built in the Federation Domestic Queen Anne style typical of the period. The massing and floor plan of the house while asmymmetrical are balanced about the central front door. The corrugated iron roof is hipped except for gablets at the ridge line, a gable over the projecting front room and a small gable over the rectangular corner bay window. The rendered brick chimneys, since painted, add to the elaboration of the roof line. The verandah is timber with paired columns and a simple frieze. The house is set in a large open garden which several mature trees surviving, including two Walnut trees, and a Magnolia Grandiflora.
SCHOOL TEACHER'S RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Historical Australian Themes
Theme 6 Educating
6.2 Establishing schools
6.5 Educating people in remote places
Theme 8 Developing Australia's cultural life
8.12 Living in and around Australian homes
8.14 Living in the country and rural settlementsSCHOOL TEACHER'S RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Usage/Former Usage
residential
SCHOOL TEACHER'S RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Integrity
High degree of integrity
SCHOOL TEACHER'S RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Physical Description 2
Robert Aitken Junior, first owner
Education Department owner after 1924
Frank Hammond, possible architect.Heritage Study and Grading
Southern Grampians - Southern Grampians Shire Heritage Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard P/L, Annabel Neylon
Year: 2002
Grading:
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